Hartman, Lacadia

Applicant Lacadia Hartman signed a Compromise and Release (C&R) on July 10, 2025 resolving her neck and shoulder claim, including all rights to future medical treatment. Defendant signed the C&R on July 15, 2025, and the WCJ approved it at a walk-through hearing on July 16, 2025. Applicant's attorney later learned that a UR determination approving right shoulder surgery had issued around July 14, 2025 (before defendant signed), but neither applicant nor her attorney were served with the UR approval until August 1, 2025. Applicant sought removal/withdrawal of the OACR, contending she would not have settled had she known the surgery was authorized. The Board treated the petition as one for reconsideration, found it premature because no evidentiary record existed, dismissed it, and returned the matter to the trial level to be treated as a petition to set aside the OACR with an evidentiary hearing.